Colmac 3-CPU Triple Buck Shirt Press

Colmac built the first triple-buck shirt press. One operator works three bucks and the manufacturer rates the machine at up to 240 shirts an hour — a number that assumes a trained operator and shirts arriving at the right moisture level, both of which are on you rather than on the machine.

The shirt front is held to each buck by vacuum instead of tail clamps. Tail clamps leave marks, and on a high-volume rail those marks are the single most common reason a finished shirt gets pulled and re-run.

An automatic hands-free garment unloader takes the finished shirt off the buck so the operator only ever dresses. Operator controls adjust for height, and the machine runs from a colour touch screen.

This is a plant machine. Before comparing it to a double buck, cost the labour rather than the capital — the argument for a triple buck is one operator instead of two, and it only holds if you have the volume to keep all three bucks busy.

Warranty: Warranty is administered directly by the manufacturer under their standard commercial terms. Registration details ship with the machine.